Market & Post
Elevated view northwest across Market toward the intersection of Post and Montgomery. Crocker Building, Crocker Bank Building, and Wells Fargo Union Trust Building.
Financial DistrictDemolished
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Market near Pine
View north across Market to early office buildings during reconstruction period after 1906 catastrophe. Boyd Block at left. At center, Sherwood (later Bourn) Building 320 Market (At street level, The Sazerac bar 302 Market, 306-308 Columbian Woolen Mills wholesale merchant tailor, 310 Sylvan Selig clothes, 316 Pacific Tank Co. National Wood Pipe Co, 322 Paul Seiler Electrical Works, 326-328 Toledo Computing Scale Co., 330-332 D. Levin trunks bags suitcases cutlery, 334-336 Frank F. Wear High Grade Specialties Hobart Electrical Mfg. Co. ; On second floor, Union Iron Works, Bethlehem Steel, Culver Co. Lumbermen; 3rd Floor Loop Lumber Co. Another building under construction at right. Plank sidewalk
Financial District
Mechanics Monument
Market & Bush Streets. View southeast to buildings on south side of Market, Sheldon Building at right. Donahue Mechanics Monument with pool, later removed.
Downtown
Pioneer Monument
View north to Pioneer (James Lick) Monument at Marshall Square. Hall of Records in background. Current intersection of Grove and Hyde. Henry Johnson & Son Delicacies, 12 Marshall Square. City Hall demolished, Grove street would be extended to Market at this location in 1914. In 1993, the monument was moved to the pedestrian mall on Fulton Street between the Asian Art Museum and the new Main Library. French-made cannon to right of the monument was a Spanish-American war prize. It is now in the Presidio.
Civic Center
Market & Mason
View northeast across Market to Bank of Italy in Mechanics Savings Bank Building at left, Garfield Building, Market St. Theatre (later Cameo, Marion Davies, Esquire) Douglas Building, Flood Building in background, Emporium at right. Brittain & Co. hardware, Thomas Davis & Co. Clothing, The Wonder Millinery, San Francisco Business College in Douglass Building, Flood Building, Phelan Building in distance.
South of Market
Market near Mason
Portola Festival Parade, View east from center of Market toward Mason, Market, Turk intersection, Dean Building, Admission Day (Native Sons) Monument, Mechanics Savings Bank Building, Flood Building, Emporium in background.
Downtown
Memorial Museum
Golden Gate Park, view north to Memorial Museum from across music concourse and pedestrian underpass. Woman and kids posing over tunnel. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. [Old Museum G.G. Park]
Golden Gate Park
Point Lobos Ave
View northwest on Cliff Road (today's Point Lobos Ave) towards Seal Rocks and first Cliff House. People walking, buggies
Richmond
Sutro's Cliff House
Second Cliff House, view north from Ocean Beach. Steamship in distance.
Richmond
Divisadero & Hayes
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Divisadero (then spelled Devisadero) from Hayes showing east side of the street. Line of people waiting up the block for Food Distribution (B'nai Brith) following 1906 earthquake. (most of these buildings demolished)
Alamo Square
Mission High School
1906 Earthquake and Fire, 18th and Dolores, food distribution breadline following 1906 earthquake
Mission
California near Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view west up California Street. Fairmont Hotel, Old St. Mary's Cathedral Grace Church in distance. Kohl Building, Parrott Block. Bank of California under construction at Sansome corner at right. Fireman's Fund Building across Sansome at left reduced to 2 stories and partially restored. At far left, Mutual Life Insurance Building. In distance left, Merchants Exchange Building. Beyond Bank of California construction at right, London & San Francisco Bank Building with flag on roof, showing earthquake damage to exterior, but occupied by Otis, Mc Allister & Co. coffee importers starting in late June, 1906. Just beyond, 3 story building with light granite facade is Mercantile Trust Co. building (Albert Pissis, Architect, 1903)
Financial District
Old Ferry Building
View east from center of Market St. at Steuart to original Ferry Building. Castro St. Cable Car, signage for East Bay land auctions, including one for land in Peralta Park, Berkeley taking place in September, 1889.
Financial District
3rd & Jessie
Elevated view southwest from roof of Hearst Building toward Mission Street, the Aronson Building, Winchester Hotel, and the west side of 3rd between Mission and Jessie.
Downtown
Old City Hall
Marshall Square and Lick Monument (also Pioneer Monument) in foreground.
South of Market